Permanent Structured Cooperation: national perspectives and state of play
One year after the British vote on Brexit, the Member States of the European Union seem to be on the verge of waking the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ of European defence: permanent structured cooperation (PESCO). Do they have the same understanding of its intended goals and of the ways forward or means of achieving them, or are they simply motivated by the desire not to end up on the edges of the sort of Eurogroup for defence that is being set up? What are the specific areas of agreement and disagreement between the groups taking shape in the European Council? Have any debates intentionally or unintentionally glossed over been glossed over and, if so, which ones? Lastly, what are the desirable scenarios for the months and years to come? Is there still time to change things or has the die been cast? The purpose of this study is to answer those questions.
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Me. Frederic MAURO, M. Federico SANTOPINTO
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- armed forces
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- common security and defence policy
- cooperation policy
- crisis management
- defence
- defence expenditure
- European construction
- European defence policy
- European integration
- EUROPEAN UNION
- executive power and public service
- governance
- intergovernmental cooperation (EU)
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- management
- military cooperation
- NATO
- POLITICS
- withdrawal from the EU
- world organisations